Name meaning & stats
Delani
Delani means “descendant of the challenger”. 2,140 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“descendant of the challenger”
Spelling of Delaney
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
2,140 US babies were named Delani between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Delani (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 27 Delaneys spell it Delani
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)